Velikovsky was a 20th century Russian polymath who studied under Freud, knew Jung and his acolytes, was friends with many scientists, was a man of many doctorates, a professor in anthropology and psychology, a founder of the first university in Israel, an unorthodox Jew and someone interested in ancient history. A researcher, reader, aggregator with a broad intellect, he assembled multi-disciplinary information to propose not a revolution in ‘science’ but a return to truth which had been lost. In essence Velkovsky had the courage to defiantly challenge the reigning scientific paradigms which have done so much to distort and poison real scientific progress.